The First World Congress of Scottish Literatures

From 2-5 July 2014, the University of Glasgow is hosting the first World Congress ofScottish Literatures in the College of Arts, with the involvement of the Associationfor Scottish Literary Studies and other bodies. The conference will be organizedunder four main themes: Authors, Theorizing Scottish literature, Gaelic, Mediaeval,Musical and Artistic Scotland and Scotland in global culture and context. Colleaguesin the US, Europe, UK and Australia have already agreed to organize panels, and thecongress steering group, together with a wider internationally based committee, areplanning regular updates to interested colleagues. If you would like to be on ourmailing list, please contact Rhona Brown(scottishliteraturecongress2014@glasgow.ac.uk).

A Call for Papers will be issued indue course. The conference will be held in an exciting month in Glasgow, with theCommonwealth Games and the major Georgian Glasgow exhibition both taking place inJuly. We plan to work closely with our colleagues in the city and its galleries andmuseums to make this a truly exciting experience for our delegates.